seta
/ˈsiːtə/noun
seta is spelled S-E-T-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seta means “A bristle or hair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seta is setas or setae.
How many letters and syllables are in seta?
| Letters | 4: S-E-T-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is seta?
Seta appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce seta?
- /ˈsiːtə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-seta.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with seta?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as seta.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: east, seat, eats, sate, tase.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of seta
- setas plural
- setae plural
- setæ plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seta mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bristle or hair.
- 2
The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seta in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bristle or hair:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | cerda |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does seta come from?
From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).